DANVILLE, IL-- The Vermilion County Bobcats of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) have signed goaltender Chase Perry to a Training Camp Agreement contract for the 2021-22 season.

Perry, 25, is fresh off a successful stint with the Pensacola Ice Flyers, winning five games during the regular season en route to the President's Cup trophy. His rookie season in 2019-20 featured a 13-8-0 record with a 2.49 goals-against average and .904 save percentage with the Ice Flyers, plus a two-game call-up to the ECHL’s Orlando Solar Bears.

“We’re looking forward to having Chase come in and make Main Camp very competitive,” commented Bobcats head coach Mike Watt. “As an expansion team, we need to make sure we have three really competitive goaltenders, and Chase is a good, experienced goaltender.”

A fifth-round pick by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, Perry graduated from Division-I Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute (RPI) with an .898 career save percentage and 3.53 goals-against average at the NCAA level. Perry will join free agent signing Corbin Kaczperski and expansion draft selection Thomas Proudlock in Vermilion County's goaltending corps.

Vermilion County Bobcats season tickets are on sale now at vcbobcats.com. The Bobcats will play 56 games in the SPHL this season, 28 of them on home ice at David S. Palmer Arena in Danville. Questions can be directed to info@vcbobcats.com.